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Use in varieties of Scots

coals Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 3.5 13.4 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences187 9 0 0 0 2
Number of authors12 7 3 2

Occurrences of coals in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Hait up the airn baur in the coals. Syne whan the baur is reid h on page 22

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an on, proverbs the likes o "Coals tae Newcastle" is lairnt Scot
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
wis seen wi een like fiery coals an he cawed it ‘the goblin
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
oor faither, leukin intae the coals, telt us ane o his ghaistie s
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
in. Is Annie scartled skailed coals aff the flair, flang thaim in
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hrowin’ some waater oan the coals?” “Oh, that’s a guid id
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
heresy, he wad be fannin the coals o Hell for ye himsel! . . . A
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Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Bi day A'll hae ye's rakin coals, on page 15

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
issed. Jist as she placed the coals in a fine wee brig ower the r
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
terin kettle farrer abeen the coals, speirin as she did faar aboo
hovel and the nails ontae the coals and slowly let them warm and
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
f Constable wiz teen ower the coals for nae catchin the killer. P
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cheek o the fire an gave the coals a rummle up wi the poker wi t
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the kitchen an raiked up the coals an opened the flap in aneth t
own tae kittle up the smoored coals. Jessie wiz mair used tae her
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an keekit inno the twa blaik coals that
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Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tae tha shade fur tae get tha coals. It wus that coul, his fing'r on page 17

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Kïnnlin (tha like o coals)
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